Essays
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The Big Book of the Dead
$16.95 Read moreMarion Wink is esteemed for bringing humor and wit to that most unavoidable of subjects: death.
At last, Winik’s critically acclaimed, cult favorites, Glen Rock Book of the Dead and Baltimore Book of- Author: Winik, Marion
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1640092536
- Language: English
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In the Basement at the Va: Stories from a Cancer Doctor
$19.95 Add to cart“Clear-eyed and deeply human, In the Basement at the VA shows that medicine is as much about communication as it is about treatment–and that small choices can carry life-changing weight.”
–Danielle O- Author: Tripp, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 215
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 158988213X
- Language: English
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Carrie Revisited: The Legacy of Stephen King’s Girl with a Frightening Power
$19.99 Add to cartREVISED AND EXPANDED!
Carrie Revisited: The Legacy of Stephen King’s Girl with a Frightening Power is a remarkable anthology featuring essays from a distinguished group of writers offering their unique
- Author: Freeman, Brian James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1941971717
- Language: English
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Three Tenses: A Memoir
$28.00 Read moreAn elegant, iridescent mosaic of autobiographical fragments, both real and invented, forming a portrait of a creative life, from the life of the Pulitzer Prize finalist for Same Bed Different Dreams
I- Author: Park, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 11 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217154944
- Language: English
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Pardon My Book: Ten Years of the Best (and Worst) in Sports from Pardon My Take
$35.00 Read moreIn celebration of its tenth anniversary, the long-awaited, definitive, authorized–and occasionally accurate–guide to the #1 sports podcast, Pardon My Take.
It’s finally here! Pardon My Book is packed
- Author: Big Cat
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 18 2026
- ISBN10: 0063510804
- Language: English
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My Heart Is This: Tracey Emin on Painting
$35.00 Add to cartKnown for her raw and irreverent artwork, Tracey Emin is one of the most widely admired artists working today. In a vivid and intimate portrait of her life and work, in her own words through conversat
- Author: Gayford, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 0500031010
- Language: English
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Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age
$23.00 Add to cartFrom the author of The Immortal King Rao, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a personal exploration of how technology companies have both fulfilled and exploited the human desire for understanding and c… [more below]
- Author: Vara, Vauhini
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 059368785X
- Language: English
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No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming of Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine
$16.95 Read moreNo Apparent Distress begins with a mistake made by a white medical student that may have hastened the death of a working-class black man who sought care in a student-run clinic. Haunted by this error,… [more below]
- Author: Pearson, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0393355853
- Language: English
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We Rode the Rhythms as One: On the Poetry of Etheridge Knight
$16.95 Add to cartWe Rode the Rhythms as One offers readers an immersive journey into the life and legacy of one of America’s most unorthodox and inspiring poets. More than just a literary analysis, this book captures … [more below]
- Series: Under Discussion
- Author: Minnick, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0472040162
- Language: English
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Art Is How God Loves Us: The Sacred Beauty of Created Things
$27.99 Read moreWhen you hear beautiful music or stand before a work of art, have you ever felt a stirring within, a sense of something more?
Art Is How God Loves Us is a radiant exploration of art as a spiritual gat
- Author: Estevez, Merideth Hite
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 193
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798889836452
- Language: English
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The Bottom of the Harbor
$29.00 Add to cartA classic of literary reporting from one of The New Yorker‘s most iconic writers reveals the vibrant world of old New York and the ordinary people who made it great, now with illustrations by renowned… [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 0593594959
- Language: English
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I Have This Thing for Flowers: Essays on the Roots of Relationships
$28.99 Read moreA story of love, marriage, and flowers from beloved writer and gardening enthusiast Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn
Six months before her wedding, Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn’s fianc? broke off their engagement. S- Author: Sawchyn, Alysia Li Ying
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 1250397618
- Language: English
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Stephen Colbert’s Midnight Confessions
$18.00 Add to cartBased on the popular recurring sketch, Stephen Colbert “confesses” to all the shameful things we all think or do in secret…and have no intention of stopping anytime soon. This paperback will be publ… [more below]
- Author: Colbert, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1668240300
- Language: English
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Something to Declare
$19.99 Add to cartJulia Alvarez has suitcases full of history (public and private), trunks full of insights into what it means to be a Latina in the United States, bags full of literary wisdom. “Los Angeles Times” From… [more below]
- Author: Alvarez, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 161620558X
- Language: English
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Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit
$29.00 Read more“My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!” -Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus
From celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts,- Author: Roberts, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 11 2026
- ISBN10: 1639733655
- Language: English
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Life of the Party
$29.00 Add to cartLife of the Party is an insider’s reckoning with how a once-dominant political movement lost its way-and how it can win again. Told with candor, humor, and hard-earned experience, Joe Cunningham takes
- Author: Cunningham, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 20 2026
- ISBN10: 9798994139103
- Language: English
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Theory for Moving Houses
$25.00 Add to cartYou are asking me where I live and it’s making me think all these things about space,
where I start and end in space and where space starts and ends in me and when, in space, I am a body and when I’m- Series: Bagley Wright Lecture
- Author: Gladman, Renee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798891060425
- Language: English
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Astonished by Beauty: A Field Guide to the Practice of Paying Attention
$16.95 Add to cartAn invitation to slow down and experience the world through the mindful practice of natural history.
What happens when we truly pay attention to the natural world? Astonished by Beauty offers a thought- Author: Fleischner, Thomas Lowe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798890920386
- Language: English
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The Essential John Derbyshire
$39.95 Add to cartThe Essential John Derbyshire collects more than two decades of sometimes controversial and always incisive essays from one of the Right’s most independent voices.
This anthology charts the evolution
- Author: Derbyshire, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1959403893
- Language: English
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Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up
$19.00 Add to cartAmerica’s most beloved wiseass finally tells his life story with all the humor you’d expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything.
How does the son of a Presbyterian- Author: Barry, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 166802179X
- Language: English
